Some focused attention and discussion needs to be visited in regards to comparative statistics. How many Black Police Officers have killed un-armed white young men? Or Un-armed citizens period? How many white Police Officers have gunned down other white un-armed citizens? That parallel info will give indication on where the heart of this escalating problem lies. The underlying psychology of lethal violence application is rooted in fear, not necessarily real personal threat, but a propensity to neutralize or eliminate the object of fear, subliminal rage, and or hate; but all are fear based

The current crisis in our midst speaks volumes regarding the role of Public Safety Officers (Police, Courts, Corrections etc. etc.) in determining who is the "enemy" and who is a real human threat at any given moment. The training associated with this identification process is reinforced by the cultural, social and political atmosphere, again, at any given moment.

We CAN Change the outcomes by an examination of the all the component parts and there anticipated "response" to these random or deliberate fatalities. If there is no perceived "severe" consequence for going beyond accepted guidelines in the use of force on "certain" individuals, then we have a systemic problem that needs cauterizing at its core. This deliberate circling the wagons and Blue Wall of camaraderie must be dismantled or rendered inoperable by the clamor of cries, demonstrations and votes coming from the larger citizenry, and hence the real government; of the People, by the People for the People....can eventually prevail. WE The People must bring this to a standstill and moratorium; until reason and justice can be effectively established.

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ABOUT JIM BUTLER

Born and raised in Harlem, Jim's winding journey to the American dream was as much decorated with success as it was marred with adversity. His uplifting message is that anyone can scale the height and panorama of their individual dreams.